Tele Atlas Launches Most Powerful and Comprehensive Turn-by-Turn Map Database for North America

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 14, 2002--
Tele Atlas North America, Inc. today launched a new turn-by-turn
capable map database that combines significantly improved accuracy and
coverage with the only direct traffic-linked map and real-time traffic
feed. The result is the industry's most powerful North American map
database for driving a range of automobile navigation and telematics
applications, location-based services (LBS), and intelligent
transportation systems.

"This new North American database is the product of nearly 20
years of map engineering complemented by more than 200 field data
collection personnel working constantly to make our data as complete
and current as possible," said George Fink, president of Tele Atlas
North America, Inc. "In addition to providing our customers with an
unprecedented combination of accuracy, coverage, and traffic
capabilities, the worldwide automobile OEM community, automobile
electronics providers, and LBS suppliers now have an additional source
of supply that is already a trusted, global provider of digital map
solutions."

In the initial release of the new Tele Atlas North American
database, 56 percent of the U.S. population is covered in a fully
attributed, turn-by-turn capable format. Tele Atlas has 100 percent
street network coverage, including image-attributed road miles for 80
percent of the U.S. population, so that virtually all roads covered
will have a better representation of real world geometry,
connectivity, and positional accuracy. With this data,
navigation/telematics and LBS developers can confidently build
powerful and reliable route calculation applications. The map database
also offers superior geocoding covering more than 120 million
addresses with more than 45 million address ranges. This content
enables highly accurate and comprehensive location of origin,
destination, and points of interest addresses.

Tele Atlas' North American database offering also provides
superior geometrical and positional accuracy, helping improve the
performance of GPS-based applications. Tele Atlas' information exceeds
the National Map Accuracy Standard of 12 meters or better for more
than 80 percent of the U.S. population, with the majority of
observations within 5-to-7 meter accuracy. In terms of geometrical
accuracy, the database provides features that are topologically
correct with proper connectivity. Careful attention is paid to make
the attributes of these features (road names, road classes, turn
restrictions, signposts, etc.) as correct as possible.

Tele Atlas' latest product is a true North American solution.
Nearly 7.3 million miles of U.S. and Canadian (through an alliance
with DMTI Spatial) roads are covered resulting in a seamless North
American database with contiguous routing from door-to-door and
coast-to-coast, within the U.S., and between the U.S. and Canada.
Additionally, coverage areas can be customized for particular customer
products.

Real-time Traffic Data

With the release of the Tele Atlas database, the
navigation/telematics market now has access to an industry first: the
only direct traffic-linked map as well as a real-time traffic feed
provided through the company's strategic alliance with Westwood One,
the single largest traffic gathering and reporting operation in the
world. Tele Atlas and Westwood One deliver real-time traffic
information in the U.S. for 92 markets and 98 percent of the
population in the most congested metro areas. This database release
represents the world's most comprehensive traffic delivery solution
for the U.S., containing nearly 350,000 traffic reporting locations
linked directly to the Tele Atlas map database to enable real-time
traffic or other content delivery. Consequently, Tele Atlas makes it
not only possible, but practical for navigation/telematics suppliers
to build systems with dynamic re-routing capabilities that respond to
traffic situations on arterial roads and freeway exit ramps as well as
on freeways themselves.

"We have had extensive product development discussions with
navigation platform suppliers and automobile OEMs," George Fink said.
"In these discussions, there is general agreement that our real-time
traffic capabilities will help fuel adoption of automobile navigation
systems in the North American market by transforming them from
conveniences into invaluable tools."

The Tele Atlas North American map database is presently available
for evaluation with production shipments scheduled for January 2003.

About Tele Atlas North America, Inc.

Tele Atlas North America, Inc., headquartered in Menlo Park,
Calif., is a wholly owned subsidiary of Tele Atlas NV, the world
leader in digital mapping. Tele Atlas North America, Inc. had its
beginnings in 1983 with a vision to provide geographic information in
digital form. Today, the company enables its customers' success
through unsurpassed leadership in delivering both high-quality digital
maps and real-time traffic information for business and consumer
applications. The company focuses on providing content to key market
sectors including Telematics/Automotive Navigation, Location Based
Services (LBS), and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). For more
information on Tele Atlas products and services, please visit
www.na.teleatlas.com.